NYX UK Unveil 12 Film Premieres Give You Chills In October

October is only days away which means Halloween is upon us! NYX UK have revealed 12 film premieres that will give you chills and celebrate Hallows Eve with John Carpenter‘s Halloween!

Those twelve must-see primetime channel premieres in October, are headed up by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist horror masterpiece Santa Sangre (1989), which screens on Tursday 22nd October) 9pm. There are also first time showings for Stewart Sparke’s 2018 FrightFest splatter comedy discovery Book Of Monsters (Thursday 10th October, 9pm), Glowzies (2023), a zany award-winning zom-com directed by Hank Braxton (Thursday 31 October, 5pm), and Beyond The Chamber Of Terror (2021) , which marks the feature film debut of writer/director Michael Pereira, who introduces us to Timothy Paul McCarthy’s Nash Caruthers, or Mr. Nash Fucking Caruthers to those who cross him. The film premieres on Friday 25th October, 9pm.

The Blair Witch Project co-dirrector Eduardo Sánchez‘s Lovely Molly (2011) makes her scary entrance on Tuesday 29th October, 9pm Then there is Rabies (2010), Israel’s first horror film, directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, which streams on Friday 11th October, 9pm,the Castle Freak remake(Thursday 3rd October, 9pm), reimagines the 1995 original, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s story, The Outsider.

From writer / director Roxanne Benjamin, comes survival thriller Body At Brighton Rock (2019), makes its Channel premiere on Saturday 5th October, 9pm. Another 2019 production, showing on Friday 18th October, 9pm, is Stephen Cognetti’s Hell House LLC III: Lake Of Fire, which marks the final instalment in the “Hell House LLC” series . Also, on Friday 4th October, 9pm is Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, a unique blend of horror and mockumentary, directed by David Amito and Michael Laicini.

Other 9pm primetime premieres include Restitution (2024), a gripping horror thriller directed and edited by Danny Draven (Tuesday 15th October) and William Peter Blatty‘s The Ninth Configuration (1980), a psychological thriller based on his novel of the same name (Thursday 17th October).

The channel also celebrates the birthday, on Sunday 20th October, of the legendary Bela Lugosi who played a pivotal role in the modern mythology and rich legend of the iconic Count Dracula. At 5pm there is White Zombie (1932), which is particularly notable for being the first feature-length zombie film. This is followed at 7pm with Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932), starring Lugosi as Dr Mirakle, a mad scientist who roams the Paris streets with his pet ape.

Finally, what better way to mark Halloween on than by showing John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, Halloween (Thursday 31st October, 9pm). Carpenter’s film was not just a box office success but also a critical one, influencing countless horror films that followed. It spawned a large franchise including sequels, remakes and reboots, continually renewing its relevance in popular culture.